PART A: STAFF

6.A.1 General

Staff consist of exempt professionals and classified staff.

(A) Classified staff are those employees who are in the state personnel system. Classified staff will be appointed and evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the state constitution, state laws, the rules of the state personnel board, and regent policy.

PART B: STAFF GOVERNMENT

6.B.1 Staff Council

(A) Staff councils exist and derive their power from the authority delegated to them by the Board of Regents.

(B) A University of Colorado Staff Council that serves as the universitywide representative body for communicating to the administration and Board of Regents matters of concern to exempt professionals and classified staff employees of the university. The chair of the University of Colorado Staff Council is the spokesperson for exempt professionals and classified staff when addressing the Board of Regents on matters of concern to these employees.

(C) A staff council on each of the campuses and in system administration serves as the representative staff governance organization of the respective campus. At the chancellor's discretion, or the president’s discretion with regard to system administration, staff on each campus and in system administration may be organized into separate exempt professional and classified staff councils, or the two groups may form a combined staff council.